Three lobbyists at Hill and Knowlton have registered to lobby the Canadian government for an Israeli drone manufacturer, according to new filings from the federal lobbying registry.

Craig Rowsell, Eddy Morin and Lee Carson have registered to lobby for Aeronautics Ltd. to pursue a government drone contract for Transport Canada’s National Aerial Surveillance Program in Canada’s Arctic, which is responsible for watching shipping routes to prevent tanker spills and pollution.

And it looks like other air transport related policies will soon be echoing in Hill lobbies.

The North Saanich, B.C. based aircraft manufacturer Viking Air wants funding for help with its newly acquired amphibious aircraft division (waterbombers), which it purchased from Bombardier last year. The company hired Michael Bailey, from Western Policy Consultants, to set up meetings with officials over at Western Economic Diversification Canada.

The Montreal-based tourism company Transat A.T. hired Marina Makris to arrange meetings to “discuss their expansion plans and new routes that will be offered from airports in most regions of Canada.”

Joe Jordan of Bluesky Strategy Group meanwhile registered to lobby for SunWing for work permits and “reciprocal employment of Canadian and international pilots.”

A few other notable registrations elsewhere: IBM hired John Turnbull of CFN Consultants to lobby a number of departments, including National Defence and Public Safety, for IT procurement opportunities. He filed a similar registration for Sierra Systems Group Inc. for DND, Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP.

Imperial Tobacco hired Laurence Therrien, from Temple Scott Associates, to key an eye on the Liberal government’s vaping legislation, Bill S-5. The bill would introduce changes to the Tobacco Act to bring in plain cigarette packaging regulations, among other things.

And Crestview’s Alex Chreston was contracted by Telus to lobby on cybersecurity and broadcasting policies.